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Deborah Simpson Hutchings Papers, 1974-1978 MS 0834Finding aid prepared by Finding aid prepared by Crystal L. Johnson.
Administrative InformationRelated CollectionSee Alumnae Biographical Files for a high school photograph. Processing Information noteThe papers were processed by Crystal L. Johnson, 2005. Preferred CitationPlease use the following format when citing materials from this collection: Deborah Simpson Hutchings Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA Conditions Governing Access noteUnrestricted. Conditions Governing Use noteUse of the collection is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Return to the Table of Contents Biographical NoteDeborah Simpson Hutchings is a 1978 graduate of Mount Holyoke College. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe Deborah Simpson Hutchings Papers, 1974-1978, are comprised ofcorrespondence, biographical materials, and photographs. The correspondence consists of letters and postcards that she wrote to her parents, younger sisters, and grandfather while she was a student at Mount Holyoke College from 1974-1978. In the letters she discusses the process of adjusting to college, course registration, preparing for exams, housing arrangements, the cost of books, employment, and the Student Government Association. Two SGA topics of note are students serving on the Board of Trustees and the grading system at Mount Holyoke. She also discusses friendships, shopping in Amherst, MA and Northampton, MA, concerts, movies, plays, church, playing sports, patchwork, being a member of Campus Gold Girl Scouts, and traveling. The biographical materials (1974-1978) consist of a press release that concerns her enrollment at Mount Holyoke in 1974 and a graduation announcement. There are 14 three by five inch color snapshots that feature Ms. Hutchings as an undergraduate student and campus landmarks, including Lower Lake and the 1837 and North Mandelle dormitories. Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents Organization of the CollectionThis collection is organized into three series: Arrangement of the CollectionThe correspondence, biographical information, and photographs are arranged chronologically. Return to the Table of Contents Correspondence 1974 - 1978 (12 folders)Correspondence 1974 September-OctoberCorrespondence 1974 November-DecemberCorrespondence 1975 January-FebruaryCorrespondence 1975 March-AprilCorrespondence 1975 April-MayCorrespondence 1975 September-DecemberCorrespondence 1976 January-FebruaryCorrespondence 1976 March-MayCorrespondence 1976 September-DecemberCorrespondence 1977 January-MayCorrespondence 1977 September-DecemberCorrespondence 1978 January-MayBiographical Information 1974, 1978 (1 folder)Photographs 1974 - 1977 (1 folder) |
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